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Added the CLOCK_TAI constant to the time module, if present (and checked that it worked on ubuntu).

Added a description to the time module documentation.

I will gladly add a unit test if somebody can point me to the existing tests for these constants (a global search for CLOCK_BOOTTIME didn't turn up anything.

Would it make any sense to add this to the next Python 8.x as well?

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@r-owen r-owen changed the title bpo-40117: add CLOCK_TAI constant to the time module, if the constant is defined bpo-40017: add CLOCK_TAI constant to the time module, if the constant is defined Mar 21, 2020
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It seems erroneous to say "seconds" here, since the constant merely implies a a clock not a unit. It might be helpful to have a sentence about how International Atomic Time—which should be capitalized by the way—is different from UTC. Or at least provide a link to an official page about it if there is one.

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I will add a link though I worry that the long line will be unwelcome.

Note that computer clock time is not actually UTC (my text in the issue was not fully correct), though it is closely related. This makes it difficult to explain in a few words what this does. But anyone who wants TAI will be pleased to have CLOCK_TAI.

There is also a CLOCK_UTC constant I could expose, but I do not see how it can be used to return anything useful. For proper UTC handling at a leap second it is necessary to express the date as a datetime object, ISO format, or similar; a duration since the epoch is not good enough.

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I made the requested changes. If the long text in time.rst is a problem I would appreciate a suggestion how to resolve it.

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I like having two empty lines, it helps readibility. Please keep it ;-)

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Expose the CLOCK_TAI constant to the time library if the operating system support it.
Add :data:`time.CLOCK_TAI` constant, if the operating system support it: International Atomic Time.

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You and @benjaminp seem to have different ideas for this entry. I've gone with @vstinner's version for now, but @benjaminp if you want something else perhaps the two of you can agree?

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LGTM. I let @benjaminp merge it :-)

@benjaminp benjaminp force-pushed the 40017_add_clock_tai branch from 8b7d6c7 to 903741c Compare March 24, 2020 03:17
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